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PALISSANDRE PARA (Dalbergia spruceana)

Trade Name

Palissandre para

Scientific Name

Dalbergia spruceana (Benth.) Benth.

Family

LEGUMINOSAE

Common Names

Saboarana (Brazil); Jacarandá-Pedra (Brazil); Jacarandá-Da-Caatinga (Brazil); Jacamin (Brazil)

Scientific Name Synonyms

Miscolobium spruceanum Benth.; Amerimnon spruceanum (Benth.) Kuntze

Description Of The Tree

Botanical Description

D. spruceana is described as a small to medium size tree.

Natural Habitat

Dalbergia spruceana is found in lowlands, on well drained soils in secondary forests. It is a gregarious species.

Natural Distribution

In Brazil this species is reported in the Amazonas and Para states, and also in Amapa and Rondonia.

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Wood Identification

Anatomic Description Of Wood

Wood diffuse porous. Vessels solitary and in short radial multiples. Tangential diameter of vessel lumina 150 to 200 micras (medium). Colored deposits in heartwood vessels. Vessels per mm2 less than 6 (rare). Simple perforation plates. Vessel-ray pits similar t Axial parenchyma in marginal or in seemingly marginal bands. Apotracheal axial parenchyma diffuse and/or diffuse in aggregates. Occasionally axial parenchyma aliform. Axial parenchyma storied. Occasionally prismatic crystals in chambered axial parenchyma cell Rays more than 10 per mm (abundant). Rays storied. Rays commonly 2 seriate. Homogeneous rays and/or sub-homogeneous rays (all ray cells procumbent). Fibers with simple to minutely bordered pits.

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Availability

Cites Status

Unrestricted

General Wood Description

Odor

It has a mild smell when green, but no distinct taste.

Color

The sapwood is white to yellowish in color, different from the heartwood which is dark brown, with dark or almost black longitudinal stripes

COLOR INDEX (1=Black, 7=Light yellow,white)

2

Grain

The grain is mostly irregular

Texture

This species is usually reported to have a medium texture.

Luster

This wood is frequently moderate in luster.

Natural durability index (1= Very high durability, 7=Vey low durability)

1

Silica Content

Silica Content: Silica contents up to 0.14% in weight have been reported for Dacryodes species. Silica Value: 0.14

Wood Physical Properties

Basic Density or Specific Gravity (O.D. weight/vol. green) (g/cm³)

0.77

Air-dry Density (Weight and volume at 12%MC) (g/cm³)

0.87

Total shrinkage Tangential (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)

6.4

Total shrinkage Radial (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)

3.6

Drying Defects

Drying Defects: This species is reported to check and warp severely.

Recommended Dry Kiln Schedule

UK-C; US-T3-C2

Dimensional stability ratio (Total Tangential Shrinkage %/Total Radial Shrinkage %)

1.8

Wood Chemical Properties

Wood Mechanical Properties

Bending Strength (MOR),12%MC (kgf/cm²)

1192

Stiffness (MOE) 12%MC (kgf/cm²)

131451

Compression parallel to fiber 12%MC (kgf/cm²)

591

Shear strength radial 12%MC (kgf/cm²)

194

Janka hardness (side) 12%MC (kgf)

1257

Workability

Machining

This species is easy to machine.

Planing

Planing operations are rather easy.

Moulding

Molding is reported to be easy.

Boring

Boring of this species is reported to be easy.

Sanding

Sanding of this species is reportedly easy.

REFERENCED USES

End Uses Summary

FURNITURE AND CABINETS, luxury furniture, cabinets, PLYWOOD AND VENEER, Decorative veneer, TOOLS, tool handles

Furniture Cabinets
  • 21 - Tropical timbers of the world. Part III-Southeast Asian and Oceanian Species.
Furniture, Luxury
  • 22 - Dry kiln schedules for commercial woods. Temperate and tropical. Section IV-Asian and Oceanian Woods
Cabinet
  • 24 - Empire Timbers
Panels, Veneers
  • 25 - Directory of Timber Trade Malaysia
Decorative veneer
  • 28 - Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forest of Fiji
Tools
  • 42 - Utilización Industrial de Nuevas Especies Forestales en el Perú.
Tool Handles
  • 43 - Maderas de Bolivia (Características y Usos de 55 Maderas Tropicales)

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